Turns out that Henry Abbott composed a scouting opus of Samb during the 2007 Summer League in Las Vegas. Abbott got impressions from both an anonymous scout as well as Joseph Treutlein of DraftExpress.com. The first scout had this to say about Samb’s potential: Cheikh Samb needs to put on a [...]

Roundball Mining Company offered this scouting report on Cheikh Samb last month: Cheikh Samb - C – 7′1″ 240 lbs (Updated 12/22/2008) Offense: Cheikh Samb is a raw player, but he already has an NBA quality offensive skill and that is a very nice outside shot. Despite his height and lack of ex[...]

In their effort to acquire a center corps composed exclusively of former Denver Nuggets, the Clippers acquired 7-foot-1 Senegalese center Cheikh Samb from Denver on Monday for a conditional second-round draft pick. Samb was drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2006 Draft — 17 picks[...]